Match holder



J. STERN MATCH HOLDER Filed April 15, 1924 w 1.9 WW- 10 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 23, 192 6.

UNITED. STATES JULIUS STERN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MATCH Holman.

Application filed April 15, 1924. Serial Ho. 706,643.

To all whomz't may concern:

'Be it known that I, JULIUS STERN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Brooklyn, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful 1m provements in Match Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and ex'act specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for holding matches or the like in strip form, and the same has for its object more particularly to provide a simple, compact and inexpensive device whereby several series or sets of match strips may be arranged within comparatively small com ass. Further, said invention has for its 0 ject to provide an article of the character specified in which match strips are disposed upon opposite sides of a support, and retained in position therein without unduly increasing the size of the article. I 7 Further, said invention has for its object to provide an article of the character specified having pockets or retaining means at opposite sides thereof in which the ends of the' matchstrips may be secured and in which a folded strip of flexible material constitutes a support and cover portions for enclosing and protecting said strips.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide an article of the character specified in which match stripsare disposed at opposite sides thereof with the heads of the matches at opposite sides arran ed in reverse relation so as to form a su tantially flat device and in which a folded strip of flexible material constitutes a support andcover portions therefor enclosing and protecting said match strips.

Further, said invention to (provide an article of the character specihe in which match strips are disposed'at opposite sides thereof, and each side provided'with a cover, and a suitable striking or abrading surface.

Further, said invention has for its object to rovide an article of thecharacter specified in which the retaining means or pocket for each-match strip is provided with a reinforced striking or abrading surface.

Further, said-invention has for its object to provide; a device in which match strips are disposed at opposite sides thereof and in which pockets orretaining means formed of folds integral with the support has for its object and cover portions serve to retain said match strips in position with the match heads at opposite sides of the article arranged at opposite ends thereof, and in which said pockets or retaining means serve as supports for the igniting composition.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel details of construction, and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings showing an illustrative embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view showing a flexible strip employed in one form of article constructed according to and embodying my said invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the article, the cover portions thereof being extended;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the article, as shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged edge view of the article showing the covers closed; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view thereof, one cover being shown open.

In said drawings, 10 designates a flexible strip of paper or similar material from which the article is formed. The said strip 10 comprises an intermediate portion or support 11, relatively narrow flap portions 12 and 13 and a cover portion 14 at one end thereof, and corresponding flap portions 15 and 16' and a cover portion 17 at the opposite end thereof.

To form the article the flap portion 12, along the line 18, is folded upwardly and inwardly over the top of the intermediate portion or supportll, and the flap portion 13, along the line 19, is folded down over the ortio-n 12, the cover portion 14 projecting eyond the end of the article. In like manner the flapportion 15, along the line 20, is folded in the opposite direction, or downwardly and inwardly, over the opposite side of the intermediate portion or support 11, and the flap portion 16, along the line 21, is folded outwardly over the ortion 15, the cover portion 17 projecting yond the same.

The portions 12 and 13 and 15 and 16 provide reinforced flaps, pockets or retain- .mg means 22 and 23 at opposite ends of the strips 24 being arranged. at opposite ends article, oneextending inwardly at one side of the intermediate portion 11 and the other extending inwardly at the "opposite side of the intermediate portion 11.

Match strips 24 are disposed upon opposite sides of the intermediate portion 11 with their bases 25 formed by the connected ends of the individual matches secured by the fastening means or staples 26 between said portion 11 and the members 22. and 23; the match heads 27 of the two sets of match of the article, i. e., reversely arranged.

article is compact and the effective size thereof is not unduly increased.

The cover portions 14 and 17 are adapted to extend downwardly and upwardly, re-

" spectively, around the ends of the article,

. and 23 are coated or provided with a suit and the match strips 24 at opposite sides of the article, and to engage under the free edges 21 and 19 of the pockets 23 and 22.

The outer surfaces 28 of both pockets 22 able striking or abrading composition for the matches. 1 Y

The matches at either side may be readily ignited by lifting either cover 14 or 17, detaching a match and striking it on the adjacent prepared rubbing surface 28.

The article comprises a su port and covers integrally formed to pr-ovi e a strong con- 4 I struction, theparts of which arenot readily separated. a

Thev reinforced surfaces of the pockets 22' and 23 provide relatively stifi free edges under which the cover portions 14 and 17 a may be eficiently retained in closed position,

and also provide firm bases for the igniting or abrading surfaces 28.

Each staple 26 extends through both folds ofeach pocket 22 or 23, and through the base 25 of the match' strips 24, and the portion of the support 11 adjacent thereto,

thereby firmly securing said match strips 24 in position, and also securing the folds of the pockets 22 and 23 together.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by. Letters Patent is:

1. An article of thecharacter describedcomprising a baseformed from a, strip of .material, matches disposed at opposite sides of said base, means for retaining said matches 1n position on said base, and covermgmeans formed from said strip of material and serving to enclose said base and the matches thereon, substantially as specified.

i 2. An article of the character described I comprising a base formed from -a strip of material, match strips reverse'ly disposed at thereon, substantially as specified.

3. An article of the character described comprising a base formed from a strip of material, match strips reversely disposed at opposite sides of said base. means for securing said match stripsin position comprising folded portions of said strip of material, and covering means formed from said strip of material and serving to enclose said match strips, substantially as specified.

4. Anarticle of the character described comprising a base, match strips disposed at opposite sides of said base, members for holding said match strips in position upon said base, and covering means forming a continuation of one of said members and retained in closed position by the other of said members, substantially as specified.

5. An article of the character described comprising a'base, match strips disposed at opposite sides of said base, members for holding said match strips in position upon said base, and covering means forming a continuation of the member at one side of said base, and retained in closed position at the opposite side of said base, substantially as specified. 1

6. An article of the character described comprising a base, match strips reversely disposed at opposite sides of said base,means for holding said match strips in position on said base, and covering means for said match strips extending over one end of said article from one side thereof and over the match strip at the opposite side of said article and retained in closed position upon said opposite side adjacent to the other end of said article, substantially as specified.

,7. An article of the character described comprising a base, match strips disposed upon'the opposite sides of said base; the base and match heads of one set of strips being reversely' arranged relatively to those of the opposite set, members retaining said sets of strips at thev bases thereof to said base :and having free inner edges, layers of match igniting composition disposed on said members, and cover portions integral with said base at the opposite ends of the article and adapted to extend in opposite directions over said sets of strips and to engage said free edges to be retained in closed position thereby, substantially as specified.

8. An article of the character desc ribed comprising a flexible strip embodying an intermediate supporting portion, contiguous portions folded inwardly' and outwardly over theopposite sides of said intermediate portion to provide relative narrow flaps having inner and outer folds and free inner edges, and outer cover portions constituting continuations of the outer folds of said flaps, and match strips reversely disposed upon opposite sides of said intermediate portion with the bases thereof secured below said flaps; said .cover' portions being adapted to extend in opposite directions over the match heads and sides of said strips and to engage said free edges to be retained in closed position thereby, substantially as specified.

Signed atthe city of New YOlk, in the county and State of New York, !his sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred 20 and twenty-foun JULIUS STERN. 

